This is just a quick reminder: Life is short. That dash between the year you arrived and the year you will depart is just that…a dash. Life is short and nothing is permanent. We’re here and then we move on. Instead of avoiding this truth, what if we embraced it? What if we let it help us live more fully?
Let me stand on a solid rock, held securely by the earth, one that allows me to see a distance. I’ll call that rock ‘death’. Knowing with certainty that my body will eventually be gone, I can stand on this rock and use the wisdom that arises from knowing my mortality.
When I think about my own death as this solid rock of certainty upon which I stand…it helps me to live intentionally and with great appreciation. It helps me to make the best choices I can make. It helps me to slow down and notice beauty. It helps me to look upon the world more kindly, with a soft curiosity. It helps me to not judge myself so harshly.
Remembering that my body is temporary can open me up to living life more gently and with an appreciation for wherever I find myself at the moment. I am here. I am alive. What is possible today?
With much love
Paula
